When an actor appears in many films of a particular director it becomes a sort of short-hand subject to define either’s work. Sometimes it feels as if one influenced the other, or vice versa, but ...

What if there was a single movie star from the golden age of world cinema who combined the cool of Humphrey Bogart, the charisma of Paul Newman and the acting chops of Marlon Brando? There’s no ...

When Seven Samurai was released in Japan on April 26, 1954, it changed cinematic storytelling forever. Arguably the most famous film by the legendary Akira Kurosawa, Seven Samurai created the template ...

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One of the cinephile must-see documentaries of 2016 is "Mifune: The Last Samurai," an in-depth look at legendary Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune. He is best known for his work with the great Akira ...

What if there was a single movie star from the golden age of world cinema who combined the cool of Humphrey Bogart, the charisma of Paul Newman and the acting chops of Marlon Brando? There's no ...

Legendary actor Toshiro Mifune helped revitalize Japanese cinema after World War II. Other icons of cinema, including Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese pay tribute.

Toshiro Mifune was a name to conjure with. A galvanic performer who was as present in his roles as anyone who ever lived, the legendary Japanese actor is the subject of “Mifune: The Last Samurai,” a ...

“I am a person rarely impressed by actors… but in the case of Mifune I was completely overwhelmed. The ordinary Japanese actor might need ten feet of film to get across an impression. Toshirō Mifune ...

Yes, the Japanese team was one of cinema’s great collaborations. But Film Forum’s salute to Toshiro Mifune shows that he was a superb actor no matter who was in the director’s chair. By Mike Hale ...